The Essentials of Presenting a PowerPoint Presentation with Office 2011 for Mac

Sharing PowerPoint 2011presentations is an integral part of working in Office 2011 for Mac. Audiences often expect printed handouts and online versions of your presentations as reference materials. You can your PowerPoint 2011 slide show to a live audience in two different ways. You can also print it, share it, turn it into a PDF, save it as a movie or collection of photos, and more.
===Office 2011 for Mac: Present a PowerPoint Presentation to a Live Audience===
Near the beginning of each PowerPoint 2011 for Mac presentation, after describing what you’re going to talk about, afford the audience members a brief opportunity to tell you what they expect from your [more…]
===Office 2011 for Mac: Playing PowerPoint Slideshows with Onscreen Options===
While a PowerPoint 2011 for Mac slide show is running, you'll see buttons appear when you move the mouse cursor. After a few seconds, the buttons dissolve away but return when you move the mouse. These [more…]
===Using PowerPoint’s Presenter View in Office 2011 for Mac===
The alternative, enriched way to launch your PowerPoint 2011 for Mac slide show is to use Presenter view. Do remember though that you need two displays for this view to work — either two monitors or a [more…]

Office 2011 for Mac: Rehearse and Record PowerPoint Slide Shows

You may want to create a narrated version of your presentation in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac that you can distribute or broadcast. You can’t be everywhere, and even though your audience members won’t get [more…]
===Office 2011 for Mac: Using PowerPoint's Custom Shows Feature===
In Office 2011 for Mac, PowerPoint’s Custom Shows feature lets you create shorter versions and different-order versions of your slide shows. To set up a smaller version of a slide show in PowerPoint 2011 [more…]
===Office 2011 for Mac: Set Up PowerPoint Presentations with the Ribbon ===
To set up your PowerPoint 2011 for Mac slide show using the Ribbon, you use the Set Up group. Click the Ribbon’s Slide Show to access the Set Up group. Choose from these options: [more…]
===Using the Set Up Show Dialog Box in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac ===
To display the Set Up Show dialog in PowerPoint, click the Set Up Show button in the Slide Show tab of the Office 2011 for Mac Ribbon, or choose Slide Show→Set Up Show from the menu bar. Either way, the [more…]
===Broadcast PowerPoint Presentations with Office 2011 for Mac===
Wow, your PowerPoint 2011 for Mac slideshow is such a hit , that your boss wants you to broadcast it to the global offices. With Office 2011 for Mac, you can run a PowerPoint slide show with on your computer [more…]
===Office 2011 for Mac: Print Your PowerPoint Presentation===
Although it's most common to print handouts on regular-size paper, you can use PowerPoint 2011 for Mac to print large-scale versions of slides to use for poster sessions at booths in conferences or for [more…]
===Office 2011 for Mac: Sharing Your PowerPoint Presentation===
You can share the presentations you build in PowerPoint 2011 for Mac in many different ways. Each one is best for specific circumstances and scenarios. Know your audience members and combine that knowledge [more…]
===Office 2011 for Mac: Commenting in a Shared PowerPoint Presentation===
PowerPoint 2011 for Mac has commenting tools that help you communicate with others as you all collaborate on a presentation. The Comments group on the Review tab of the Office 2011 Ribbon lets you communicate [more…]